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Northwest College of Art & Design Data & Information Overview

72% Acceptance Rate
8% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Northwest College of Art & Design, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Northwest College of Art & Design Ranked?

Design & Applied Arts Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

NCAD was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into NCAD?

72% Acceptance Rate
68% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Northwest College of Art & Design has an acceptance rate of 72%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.

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Northwest College of Art & Design Faculty

31 to 1 Student to Faculty

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Northwest College of Art & Design is 31 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.

Retention and Graduation Rates at Northwest College of Art & Design

66% Freshmen Retention
33% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Northwest College of Art & Design is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  66 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At NCAD this rate is 33%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  33 out of 100
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Northwest College of Art & Design Undergraduate Student Diversity

90 Full-Time Undergraduates
37.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
56.7% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 101 undergraduates at NCAD with 90 being full-time and 11 being part-time.

How Much Does Northwest College of Art & Design Cost?

$13,886 Net Price
64% Take Out Loans
$20,920 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of NCAD is $13,886. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NCAD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NCAD, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $5,230 a year. That adds up to $20,920 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NCAD is 7.9%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do NCAD Graduates Make?

$32,640 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from NCAD make about $32,640 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. Unfortunately, this is 23% less that the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, graduates in your major field may make more.

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Location of Northwest College of Art & Design

Washington State
90 Full-Time Undergraduates
Midsize City Campus Setting
Located in Tacoma, Washington, Northwest College of Art & Design is a private for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

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Contact details for NCAD are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1126 Pacific Avenue, Suite 101, Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: 253-272-1126
Website: https://ncad.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NorthwestCollegeOfArtAndDesign

Northwest College of Art & Design Majors

1 Majors With Completions
14 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 14 $23,385

Learn more about the majors offered at Northwest College of Art & Design along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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